#509E99#509E99

#509E99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.078 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509E99
RGB	rgb(80, 158, 153)
HSL	hsl(176, 33%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 49%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 0%, 3.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.30, -25.26, -4.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.30, 25.71, 190.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% -0.0764 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.078 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.2825, 28.4573, 34.5021)
Luminance	0.2846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509E99 #9E5055

analogous

#509E72 #509E99 #507C9E

triadic

#509E99 #99509E #9E9950

tetradic

#509E99 #72509E #9E5055 #7C9E50

square

#509E99 #72509E #9E5055 #7C9E50

split-complementary

#509E99 #9E507C #9E7250

monochromatic

#274D4A #3B7572 #509E99 #73B8B4 #9CCDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#509E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#509E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509E99

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509E99	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 158, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.078 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bbb7',
    500: '#509e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509e99;
$custom-light: #87bbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.154,
    "s": 32.773,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64836,
    "c": 0.07754,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509E99

secondary

#BA9093

accent

#5F66C9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #509E99

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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